Peter,

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 22:16:57 +0300 (IDT), Peter wrote:

>...<
> I think that the budget was for the telco side of things. 

Errr - but are you suggesting that the customers pay for their side?  I can't imagine that going down very 
well, especially since there isn't much advantage to the customer in going to VoIP except reduced cost.

> Of course the  users would pay rent on equipment so it's all about securing a loan to finance it >;->

Says who?  I don't know where you are, but here in the UK phones have been for sale for at least 20 years, and 
almost nobody rents phones these days.  I don't know if the situation in New Zealand is similar, but they do 
use BT-style sockets and wiring, but I believe it may be similar in selling phones.  And then there's other 
devices that connect to phone lines, like fax machines, caller ID displays, answering machines, remote ringers 
and so on, that would all become unusable overnight.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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